The 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings....They surround themselves with other happy people.....They smile when they mean it.....They devote some of their time to giving & more..
Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, theorizes that while 60 percent of happiness is determined by our genetics and environment, the remaining 40 percent is up to us. Through his research, Seligman discovered that happy people have consistent habits which may be introduced into our day to day life. Take a moment to read this delightful article, in which Seligman introduce the 16 habits of exuberant human beings. In his 2004 Ted Talk.
Seligman describes three different kinds of happy lives: The pleasant life, in which you fill your life with as many pleasures as you can, the life of engagement, where you find a life in your work, parenting, love and leisure and the meaningful life, which "consists of knowing what your highest strengths are, and using them to belong to and in the service of something larger than you are."After exploring what accounts for ultimate satisfaction, Seligman says he was surprised.
The pursuit of pleasure, research determined, has hardly any contribution to a lasting fulfillment. Instead, pleasure is "the whipped cream and the cherry" that adds a certain sweetness to satisfactory lives founded by the simultaneous pursuit of meaning and engagement. more
Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, theorizes that while 60 percent of happiness is determined by our genetics and environment, the remaining 40 percent is up to us. Through his research, Seligman discovered that happy people have consistent habits which may be introduced into our day to day life. Take a moment to read this delightful article, in which Seligman introduce the 16 habits of exuberant human beings. In his 2004 Ted Talk. 
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